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1904 New Jersey governor election

Edward C. Stokes (Republican) beat Charles C. Black (Democrat) in New Jersey in 1904, 53.5% to 41.6%, a margin of 11.9 points and 51,643 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1901, when Franklin Murphy won.

Republicans led in 17 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Essex, cast 80,569 votes and went to the Republican by 22.8 points. The closest was Sussex, where 622 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Edward C. Stokes won Republican 231,363 53.5%
Charles C. Black Democratic 179,720 41.6%
All other candidates 21,356 4.9%
Total432,439

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Essex 28,950 35.9% 47,288 58.7% 4,331 80,569 R+22.8
Hudson 41,242 52.0% 33,688 42.5% 4,339 79,269 D+9.5
Passaic 13,263 42.2% 16,158 51.5% 1,971 31,392 R+9.2
Camden 10,099 35.1% 17,605 61.2% 1,072 28,776 R+26.1
Mercer 9,995 40.8% 13,569 55.3% 959 24,523 R+14.6
Union 9,143 38.5% 13,416 56.5% 1,167 23,726 R+18.0
Monmouth 9,375 45.6% 10,577 51.5% 603 20,555 R+5.8
Bergen 7,887 43.3% 9,426 51.8% 882 18,195 R+8.5
Middlesex 7,360 41.6% 9,781 55.3% 537 17,678 R+13.7
Burlington 5,399 37.3% 8,290 57.3% 776 14,465 R+20.0
Morris 4,993 35.1% 8,039 56.5% 1,190 14,222 R+21.4
Cumberland 3,770 33.0% 6,926 60.6% 727 11,423 R+27.6
Atlantic 3,380 30.0% 7,652 67.8% 246 11,278 R+37.9
Warren 4,617 51.4% 3,754 41.8% 614 8,985 D+9.6
Hunterdon 4,482 51.8% 3,764 43.5% 402 8,648 D+8.3
Gloucester 3,087 37.9% 4,552 55.8% 515 8,154 R+18.0
Somerset 3,392 42.2% 4,444 55.2% 208 8,044 R+13.1
Salem 2,883 43.0% 3,596 53.6% 231 6,710 R+10.6
Sussex 3,194 52.8% 2,572 42.6% 278 6,044 D+10.3
Ocean 1,838 33.1% 3,543 63.9% 167 5,548 R+30.7
Cape May 1,371 32.4% 2,723 64.3% 141 4,235 R+31.9

Counties as they stood in 1904; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New Jersey governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2025 Mikie Sherrill (D) D+14.4
2021 Phil Murphy (D) D+3.2
2017 Philip Murphy (D) D+14.1
2013 Chris Christie (R) R+22.1
2009 Chris Christie (R) R+3.6
2005 Jon S. Corzine (D) D+10.4
2001 James McGreevey (D) D+14.8
1997 Christine T. Whitman (R) R+1.1
1993 Christine T. Whitman (R) R+1.0
1989 James J. Florio (D) D+24.0
1985 Thomas H. Kean (R) R+40.3
1981 Thomas H. Kean (R) R+0.1
1977 Brendan T. Byrne (D) D+13.9
1973 Brendan T. Byrne (D) D+34.8
1969 William T. Cahill (R) R+21.2
1965 Richard J. Hughes (D) D+16.3
1961 Richard J. Hughes (D) D+1.6
1957 Robert B. Meyner (D) D+10.1
1953 Robert B. Meyner (D) D+8.5
1949 Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (R) R+4.4
1946 Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (R) R+15.7
1943 Walter E. Edge (R) R+11.1
1940 Charles Edison (D) D+3.3
1937 Arthur Harry Moore (D) D+3.1
1934 Harold G. Hoffman (R) R+0.9
1931 A. Harry Moore (D) D+18.1
1928 Morgan F. Larson (R) R+10.1
1925 Arthur Harry Moore (D) D+4.2
1922 George S. Silzer (D) D+5.4
1919 Edward I. Edwards (D) D+3.3
1916 Walter Evans Edge (R) R+15.6
1913 James Fairman Fielder (D) D+8.8
1910 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+11.3
1907 John Franklin Fort (R) R+2.0
1904 Edward C. Stokes (R) R+11.9
1901 Franklin Murphy (R) R+4.7
1898 Foster M. Voorhees (R) R+1.6
1895 John W. Griggs (R) R+8.6
1892 George T. Werts (D) D+2.3
1889 Leon Abbett (D) D+5.3
1886 Robert S. Green (D) D+3.5
1883 Leon Abbett (D) D+3.3
1880 George C. Ludlow (D) D+0.3
1877 George B. McClellan (D) D+6.7
1874 Joseph D. Bedle (D) D+7.3
1871 Joel Parker (D) D+3.8
1868 Theodore F. Randolph (D) D+2.8
1865 Marcus Lawrence Ward (R) R+2.1